24 Jun Open Letter from Rusty Williams to All 2025 UTC Telecom & Technology Attendees
To all attendees of the 2025 UTC Telecom & Technology Conference:
I want to thank everyone who participated in the Utilities Technology Council Telecom & Technology conference held June 16 – 19, 2025, in Long Beach, CA. It was a fabulous venue, and the city was a great host to our event. We had the largest attendance since 2020, and the excitement and buzz around the event were noticeably stronger than in recent years. Overall, the feedback was very positive, and we got suggestions on how to make next year’s event even stronger.
To the utility representatives who attended, thank you for taking time away from your “real jobs” to participate in this year’s event. We intended to provide a forum for each attendee to get new information, learn about new technologies, and make new industry contacts. We hope that you can take what happened last week in Long Beach and help you and your companies be even more successful as we move forward.
To the associate members and suppliers who attended, thank you for being a part of this industry event and for the support that you provided. Many of you spoke in sessions, exhibited in the expo hall, or sponsored various events during the week. This conference would not have been as successful without your involvement. We hope that you were able to meet new people and learn about the industry in a way that will make you and your company more successful.
The UTC staff will be meeting in the coming days to assess the details of the event and look for ways to make it even more valuable to you in the coming years, starting with our 2026 event, June 1 – 4, 2026, in Minneapolis, MN. However, we wanted to take a few minutes to appreciate last week’s conference and soak in what we experienced.
Now, onward and upward. The best days for UTC are still ahead of us, and I can’t wait to see what is in store.
Sincerely,
